HB 687 - Energy Policy Summary

• Counties and municipalities are prohibited from regulating local renewable energy devices more stringently than required under the Florida Building Code for design, specification, location, type, or appearance.

• Municipalities are prohibited from enacting ordinances requiring real property to connect to a specific electric utility service, and property occupants cannot be forced to contract with a particular utility as a condition of occupancy.

• Local renewable energy suppliers are authorized to sell renewable energy to end users on the same property or contiguous properties, with a maximum device capacity of 2 megawatts, and are excluded from definition as electric utilities.

• Electric utilities are prohibited from imposing new or additional charges on customers who use net metering or purchase power from renewable energy suppliers, except for cost-based application and interconnection study fees for systems over 10 and 100 kilowatts respectively.

• Homeowners associations and property covenants are prohibited from restricting renewable energy devices more stringently than the Florida Building Code requires, effective July 1, 2016.